Battlefords News-Optimist

Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction on 100th Street from 17th Avenue up to about the CJNB radio station in North Battleford today from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. to allow crews to drill test holes.

Having gone through a spring provincial election, Ontario is once again in election mode - this time at the municipal level - with a lot of attention focusing on Toronto.

It's a new look all-around for the Battlefords North Stars heading into the 2014-15 season.

Don Burnstick's distinctive brand of First Nation comedy is coming back to the Battlefords Sept. 25. The difference this time is that Burnstick is playing at the new Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts for the first time.

We were wandering through WalMart the other day when something caught my eye. There, on an ever-present rotating spindle, were the watches.

The unmarked graves project at the city cemetery in North Battleford is now completed. Members of North Battleford Royal Canadian Legion Branch No.

Battlefords City Detachment of the RCMP continues to report reduced calls for service in North Battleford for the month of August. Calls for service stood at 1,033 for the month, down from 1,585 the previous August.

Less than 100 calls for service were made to the North Battleford RCMP over the three-day period between 6 a.m. Friday, Sept. 12 and 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15.

Two of the targets for K-12 education laid out in the provincial government's Plan for Growth are to reduce the gap in graduation rates between aboriginal and non-aboriginal students by 50 per cent and to lead the country in Grade 12 graduation rates

The Battleford Quilters celebrated their 40th anniversary last week with a come and go tea at the Alex Dillabough Centre. Formed on March 6, 1974, the group enjoys the traditional art of hand-quilting.